BASSATINE NEWS  the ONLY Jewish newsletter reporting directly from Egypt
A Community Chronicle put out by the Jewish Community Council (JCC) of Cairo since 1995

OUR EMAIL CHANGED IN SEPTEMBER 2014 AND IS NOW jcccairo@gmail.com

CHAAR HASHAMYIM (ADLY) SYNAGOGUE IS OPEN DURING ROSH HASHANAH, YOM KIPPUR AND SUKKOT

CLICK DATE BASSATINE NEWS - Main Feature Story 
Go! Spring-Summer 2014
Issue 38
No Passover celebration this year - Interdenominational Ramadan Iftar at Cairo's largest Synagogue - Dare to Dream You Tube - Ahram Hebdo story
Go! Fall-winter 2013-4
Issue 37
the passing of Nadia Haroun - JCC president interviewed - Madjar-Btesh Temple rehabilitated - relic of the past: the Haroun Law Office
Go! Summer 2013
Issue 36
JCC president travels to USA - Magda Haroun celebrates 61st birthday in Tahrir
Go! Spring 2013
Issue 35
JCC elects new president - media clippings - Lydia Mizrahi Farahat
Go! Special Issue
No. 34
Carmen Weinstein: death - funeral - condolence messages - media clippings - milestones
Go! Winter 2012
Issue 33
Carmen Weinstein Vindicated - Passover 2013 / why do they resent us? - Meyr Biton Temple photos
Go! Autumn 2012
Issue 32
Sukkot 2012 - Mystery Shipment- How Many Are You? - Inter-denominational Hanuka - Mistaken Identity - Why They stayed On
Go! Roshanna 2012
Issue 31
Against All Odds
Go! 2011
Issue 30
Celine Curiat's Story - Alvernia School - Passing of Grand Rabbi Haim Nahum
Go! Summer-Autumn 2010
Issue 29
The Lady Vanishes, An Unforgetable Shavuot, Hanan Synagogue remembered, google before you leap
Go! Spring 2010
Issue 28
Rambamobilia, British School @ Meyr Biton, Seder 2010 @ Shaar Hashamayim, RIP: Denise Moreno
Go! Autumn 2009
Issue 27
restoration works on Cairo's Jewish landmarks - wedding photos Shaar Hashamayim
Go! Summer 2009
Issue 26
Togo Mizrahi - Maimonides restoration attracts world media attention - clarification from the Alexandria Jewish Community - Leila Mourad's comeback
Go! Winter 2008
Issue 25
From the old press
Go! Summer 2008
Issue 24
Ahram Hebdo on Cairo Synagogues; Dr. Max Salama departs
Go! Winter 2007-08
Issue 23
AUC Students visit Shaar Hashamayim; Madame Iman dies; Full House @ Passover
Go! Special Issue - Issue 22 Special issue: Centennail celebration of Saar Hashamayim Synagogue
Go! Winter 2006
Issue 21
Purim 2007 @ Maadi Temple - Glorice Weinstein Awarded - Leon Dichy
Go! Spring 2005
Issue 19
A Cairo seder, Springtime at Bassatine Cemetery
Go! Spring 2004
Issue 18
From Mehalla El Kobra to Abou Kir - British International School @ Meyer Biton
Go! Summer 2003
Issue 17
Bar Mitzvahs @ Maadi - Danish Bishops @ Adly Synagogue - Mme. Politi remembered
Go! April 2001
Issue 16
Chehata haroun... The Marek Report... Egypt honors Laila Mourad
Go! September 2000
Issue 15
Bassatine Cemetery Part II - Thank you Denise Gani 
Go! June 15 2000
Issue 14
President of Cairo Jewish Community decorated by Vatican
Go! April 2000
Issue 13
Digitizing Bassatine Cemetery; Max Herz: Forgotten Pasha - Akerib sisters remember Dr. Glanz
Go! March 2000 JCC'S response to a Wall Street Journal article of March 15, 2000
Go! December 1999
Issue 12
Adly Synagogue: What's in a name - Robert Nahman dies
Go! July 1999
Issue 11
The Elia Rossis... Hillary Clinton @ Ben Ezra; Congressman Benjamin Gilman @ Bassatine
Go! Special Issue author historian Dr. Jacques Hassoun dies In Paris
Go! Special Issue An Unfortunate Outcome
Go! December 1998
Issue 10
Multi-ethnic student group clean up Kreim Synagogue
Go! September 1998
Issue 9
JCC Board celebrates 2nd anniversary... from London and Los Angeles... Haim Nahum Effendi
Go! June 1998
Issue 8
Old Cairo Braces For New Millennium Celebrations 
Go! March 1998
Issue 7
Living As A Jewish Student In Egypt
Go! November 1997
Issue 6
Jewish Studies Library Opens in Old Cairo
Go! July 1997
Issue 5
Ben Ezra Restored... How About a Jewish Artifacts Museum?
Go! March 1997
Issue 4
Our Sefarims Belong Here ... Not In Brooklyn!!!
Go! September 1996
Issue 3
Dissident Members of Cairo Jewish Community Stage Palace Coup
Go! July 1996
Issue 2
Grave Problems... Can They Be Resolved?
Go! October 1995
Issue 1
Bassatine... One Of The Oldest Jewish Cemeteries In The World


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